Every person imprisoned in any correctional institution or otherwise restrained of his or her liberty, other than persons imprisoned or restrained pursuant to a final judgment entered in a criminal proceeding, may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus, according to the provisions of this chapter, to obtain relief from the imprisonment or restraint, if it shall prove to be unlawful.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-9-1
General right to writ
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 632 F. Supp. 1456 - Donahue v. Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation & Hospitals (1986)
Most recently applied in 632 F. Supp. 1456 - Donahue v. Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation & Hospitals (April 1986)
C.P.A. 1905, § 652; G.L. 1909, ch. 305, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 356, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 584, § 1; impl. am
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